Thieu Visits Kontum and Hue Amid North Vietnamese Assaults
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu flies to Kontum and Hue to show support for defenders. He proclaims Kontum’s siege broken as nearby artillery roars, while U S air strikes on Haiphong rail yards raise hopes to curb North Vietnamese supplies. Thieu honors Col. Ly Tong Ba, praising the 23rd Infantry Division’s defense.
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Fighting echoes from Kontum amid Viet battles and Nixon Tehran trip
Inside Kontum city South Vietnamese forces claim to have killed 176 Communist sappers across three sites near the airfield and a camp, with ARVN losses listed at 20 dead and 108 wounded. In Moscow Nixon wrapped nine days of talks and headed to Tehran for a 21 hour stopover, to pursue US Iran ties and a pledge to avoid nuclear war.
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Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 585 Lives
United Press International reports 585 Americans died in automobile accidents during the three day Memorial Day weekend with total accidental deaths 830 including 151 drownings and 17 plane crashes. California led with 79 traffic deaths, followed by New York 45 and Florida 33.
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Memorial Day Weekend Toll Across Southern California
Memorial Day weekend brought deaths and heavy travel as millions visited mountains deserts and beaches. CHP logged bumper to bumper on Riverside and San Bernardino freeways and the Golden State and Pacific Coast highways. Fatalities reached 30 across the region with crashes near Lytle Creek and a San Diego County plane crash claiming lives. Temperatures near 90s drew crowds to beaches including Santa Monica, while the Coliseum staged one of the era’s largest observances honoring servicemen POWs and MIAs with 16 Medal of Honor recipients introduced.
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Price cuts to be ordered for more firms
Washington officials say more companies will be ordered to roll back prices to meet controls after an IRS probe identified 586 firms with alleged violations. Rumsfeld noted most firms were in compliance, but did not specify how many rollbacks would be issued.
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Lottery calls start in July for men with numbers up to fifty
Washington (UPI) Selective Service says July draft will call 7,200 men rising to 9,000 in August with an average of about 8,800 per month for the rest of the year to hit a 50,000 man pool. Officials expect the highest lottery number called this year to be well below last year’s 125 cutoff.
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Beattie Harris Face Public at AAUW Candidates Forum
Incumbent Fourth District Supervisor Francis H. Beattie and challenger Willie M. Harris will meet the public tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Public Library on East North Avenue. A panel including Jean Jacoby Gail Steiger and Maryann Goodwin will ask about development land use resources taxes county programs and facilities.
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Supreme Court Rejects California Death Penalty Appeal
The U S Supreme Court denied California's appeal of its high court's abolition of the death penalty in the Anderson murder case. The order offered no opinion and left other direct challenges to the death penalty under review.
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Traffic Jam Tightens On Highway 101 Northbound
Gloomy coastal forecast brings scattered low clouds but mild temperatures with highs in the 60s near the coast and up to the 90s inland. Traffic backs up from Santa Barbara to Gaviota as drivers slow for bumper to bumper conditions on Highway 101.
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